While I roll my eyes at ‘this shouldn’t have been Politicized!’, it is indeed a bad dynamic for all concerned that being full-on Covid-Taliban is somehow coded D and opposing Wuhan-virus maximalism is only coded R.
One immediate problem is that this might lead to some ‘backlash’ style electoral victories for Rs but of course many/most of those Rs will be disappointments who won’t accomplish anything and this will muddle all these issues
It’s also a HUGE missed opportunity for Ds! Ok I am a lifelong righty wacko, but opposing Covid-Talibanism is literally the ONLY thing I care about anymore. I’d vote for the most lefty progressive socialist D you can name if I thought they would be the one to unmask children.
The point is that since fighting and stopping Covid-Talibanism is what I care about, having it be seen as a pure D/R split is simply bad for my actual goals either way, regardless of who wins.
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